Dimensionality-controlled insulator-metal transition and correlated metallic state in 5d transition metal oxides Srn+1IrnO3n+1 (n=1, 2, and ∞)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Moon, S J ^a   Jin, H ^a   Kim, K W ^b   Choi, W S ^a   Lee, Y S ^c   Yu, J ^a   Cao, G ^d   Sumi, A ^e   Funakubo, H ^e   Bernhard, C ^b   Noh, T W ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

CORRELATION EFFECTS; D ORBITALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; MASS ENHANCEMENTS; METAL TRANSITIONS; METALLIC STATES; MOTT INSULATORS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; RUDDLESDEN;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 56849115444     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.226402     Document Type: Article

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